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Frank Vickery Productions

1989

One O’ clock From The House 

Mar 2nd 

2001

Family Planning

May 1st

 

One O’ clock From The House 

Jun 26th 

 

Erogenous Zones

Sep 18th 

 

Breaking The String

Jun 29th 

2002

Trivial Pursuits

Mar 26th 

1990

Family Planning

Mar 5th 

 

Side-By-Side

Jun 14th 

 

Easy Terms

Oct 15th 

 

with Menna Trussler

 

1991

All's Fair

Feb 4th 

2003

Spanish Lies

May 6th 

 

A Kiss On The Bottom

Oct 28th 

 

Tonto Evans

Oct 28th 

1992

Triple Bill - After I'm Gone,

Feb 17th 

2004

Side-By-Side

Apr 14th

 

After Eight and A Night Out

 

 

with Menna Trussler, Nia 

 

 

with Christine Tuckett

 

 

Trussler-Jones, Tim Richards &

 

 

Sleeping With Mickey Mouse

Jul 23rd 

 

Leanne Masterton

 

 

with Menna Trussler

 

 

Pullin' The Wool

Jun 8th 

1993

A Night On The Tiles

Feb 15th 

 

Love Forty

Nov 2nd 

 

Family Planning

Aug 4th 

 

Jack And The Beanstalk

15/12/04 - 16/01/05

 

Trivial Pursuits

Nov 8th 

 

pantomime

 

1994

Loose Ends                                  

May 25th

2005

Amazing Grace

Mar 25th

 

with Menna Trussler and

 

 

written by Frank Vickery  music

 

 

Brian Hibbard

 

 

by Mal Pope

 

 

Breaking The String

Sep 12th 

 

One O'clock From The House

May 11th 

1995

Roots And Wings

Jul 4th 

 

All Through The Night

Nov 5th 

 

Family Planning

Aug 1st 

 

with Sue Roderick followed by

 

 

Love Forty

Oct 3rd 

 

"Sleeping With Mickey Mouse"

 

1996

Easy Terms

Sep 16th 

 

Snow White &The Seven Dwarfs

22/12/05 - 22/01/06

 

with Menna Trussler

 

 

pantomime

 

1997

One O'clock From The House

Nov 3rd 

2006

A Kiss On The Bottom

May 16th 

1998

Family Planning

Mar 18th 

 

with Di Botcher

 

 

Pullin' The Wool

Sep 26th 

 

Family Planning

Nov 14th 

 

Loose Ends

Nov 23rd 

2007

Granny Annie

May 15th 

1999

A Kiss On The Bottom

Feb 22nd 

 

A Night On The Tiles

Sep 25th 

 

with Menna Trussler and

 

 

with Stan Stennett and 

 

 

Lynn Hunter

 

 

Ian 'H' Watkins

 

 

A Night On The Tiles

Oct 5th 

2008

Roots And Wings

May 20th 

2000

Three Of The Best

Feb 15th 

 

Erogenous Zones

Sep 30th 

 

3 one-act plays

 

 

with Ian 'H' Watkins

 

 

All's Fair

Sep 26th 

 

Cinderella Pantomime

19/12/08 - 18/01/09

 

Roots And Wings

Oct 31st 

2009

Trivial Pursuits 

May 5th

 

 

 

 

With Sue Roderick

 

 

 

 

 

Tonto Evans

Oct 27th 

 

 

 

2010

Loose Ends

May 4th

 

 

 

 

Barking

Oct 26th

Review from "Trivial Pursuits" Saturday 9th May 2009 8.00 pm Swansea Grand Theatre

It was fantastic to see Frank appear in his own play for the first time since "A Night On The Tiles" in 2007 and great to see an appreciative packed theatre witness a truly riotous evening of comedy and slapstick of the highest order penned by the master of observational Welsh character comedy. Frank as Teddy dished out some great one liners with machine gun delivery and fluent regularity which had the audience in stitches. it is hard to believe  that "Trivial Pursuits" first appeared in 1993 as it is timeless and very funny with all the characters memorable. Sue Roderick plays Joyce superbly and is very animated and a precious talent, Richard Tunley, Michelle McTernan, Gareth Bale, Marilyn Hodge, Pat Wright, Laura Bridgwater, Marie Arnold and Christina Richards complete the line up and gel together incredibly well to create a very settled happy company which exudes over the footlights. Frank's first play was performed at Swansea Grand Theatre in March Of 1989 and 20 years on, they just get better and better. Very Funny!

Ian Parsons

 

His previous plays performed at The Grand Theatre are listed below

  to visit Frank’s website click here

Franks next production “Loose Ends”  is at Swansea Grand Theatre from

4th to 8th May 2010

 

Box Office 01792 475715

 

 

Synopsis

Marlene is a mother.... a very interfering one. She has an almost unbearable influence on the lives of her children, Darren and Louise, who are forever finding themselves in the middle of situations their conniving mother has contrived. Louise is married and now Marlene decides it's time to pull out all the stops and get Darren hitched too.

On a weekend break in a caravan in Porthcawl, Marlene sees her chance, Bev, who owns the caravan, would be the perfect match for Darren! As Marlene plots and schemes to match-make for one child – the other one arrives on the run from her husband - just as Marlene reveals the devastating reason for her over-protective and sometimes infuriating behaviour.

This bitter-sweet comedy is classic Frank Vickery fare – packed with hilarious one-liners and moments of pure slapstick – you’ll laugh till you cry!

 

 

Review of Tonto Evans at Swansea Grand Theatre Tuesday October 27th 2009

Frank Vickery’s latest offering”Tonto Evans” is a delight to watch, and the dialogue is peppered with so many hysterical and memorable one liners that it is hard to keep up, the only criticism I would have of the night was the lady sitting next to me who laughed so hard throughout the performance I feared for her life at one point!

Richard Tunley’s performance as the policeman son, John was at times chaplinesque and he is developing into a very seasoned comic actor. Also memorable was the character of Wendy played superbly by Lorraine John whose common threaded line of “whorritiss” brought the house down each time. Ably supported by Lee Gilbert, Maxine Evans and Iris Griffiths - whose voice in the role of Ray’s wife bears an uncanny resemblance to another great favourite of Swansea Grand Theatre, Gladys Morgan. this production should not be missed and is at times hysterically funny. How Frank Vickery could play dead for 40 minutes while chaos and slapstick ensued around him is beyond my comprehension and his accomplished penmanship creating the interactive dialogue, which would not be out of place in any Welsh home is beyond compare.

 

Frank Vickery has had plays performed at the Grand Theatre since 1989. He has also appeared in Three pantomimes at the theatre